Hamper



March 3, 1942,. H. GLEITVSMAN BSheets-Sheet 1 HAMPER Filed Dec. 31

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ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 3, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE HAMPER. v Harold Gleitsman, New York, N. Y. Application December 31, 1938, Serial No. 248,798

10 Claims.

This invention relates to a hamper and more specifically to a hamper with an auxiliary chamher.

In general, it is an object of the invention to provide an article of the character described which will efficiently perform the purposes for which it is intended, which is simple and economical of construction, which can be expeditiously and conveniently manipulated, and which can be readily manufactured and assembled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hamper from which may be dispensed cleansing tissues; which has a compartment which is separated from the rest of the hamper interior and accessible, for the filling and emptying thereof, through an opening other than the main opening into the hamper; and which has, for such compartment, a closure through which cleansing tissues may be separately dispensed.

Another object is to provide a hamper with a detachable inner support whereby a package of objects may be lowered into position within the hamper; and to provide such a hamper with a slot through which the objects may be dispensed.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a device, portions being cut, embodying one form of the invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are similar views of modifications of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view, seen from the inside, of a portion of a device which is a modification of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a cross-section of three of the elements shown in Fig. 4; a s

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the elements shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 4 of a modified form of the device shown in Fig. 4; and

Fig. 8 is a View in cross-section of a portion of a device which is a modification of the device shown in Fig. 4.

In my co-pending application Serial No. 237,-

006, filed October 26, 1938, there is shown a container for a plurality of objects which is supported in the general chamber of a clothes hamper. Such a container is used to supply paper cleansing tissues and it sometimes happens that they carry with them, as they are dispensed through a slit in the container and a registering slit in the hamper, traces of odors which may be present in the hamper. The present invention contemplates a device which tends to avoid or to diminish the before-mentioned undesirable results.

In the drawings. 10 denotes the outer Wall of a hamper having upright studs I2 and a cover 14 removably positionable over an opening IS in the top structure l8. There may be handles 20' havingrecesses 22 to receive the fingers.

There are means for providing an opening preferably other than the opening H5 in the hamper. walls. It may be anywhere vertically in a side wall. In Fig. 1 such an opening 24 is shown as defined by two upright studs I2, a horizontal cross-piece 26 between those studs, and the horizontal element 28 which is one of the members of the top structure l8. Cross-piece 26 may be dispensed with. This opening is of sufficient size to permit the insertion of a box or container 30. The latter maybe supported in any suitable fashion, as by one or more of the. nails 32. If the surfaces which provide the opening 24 are sufficiently large, they may hold the container 30 in position without the assistance of any attaching means. The container 30 has an opening 34 which is substantially in registry with the opening 24 in the hamper.

A closure element 36 is provided for the opening 34. This element may be of any suitable type. As shown, it is hinged along the hamper element 28. It has an opening 38 through which it is preferably in the form of a slot positioned so that it registers with the slot in a box of tissues. The latter box is not shown in the drawings.

The material of the container 30 may be bent back in a flange 40 around the outside of the opening 24 in the hamper wall. This flange may be integral with, or attached to, the container 30. Attaching means through the flange may hold the container in position. These means may be the nails 42.

With devices such as those shown in Figs. 1

and 2, the closure element 36 may be hinged either to the container 3|], as in Fig. 2, or toan element of the hamper, as in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a similar device except that the This opening may be in one of the side closure element H6 is slidable. Any convenient ways may be provided. In the device shown, the top and bottom pieces of the container 39 are bent up to form such ways 44. If desired, the sliding gate I36 may pass through a wall of the hamper.

In the foregoing examples, the inner container is preferably entirely and permanently positioned in place. In the devices shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, a portion only of the inner container 430 is permanently in place. That portion comprises a vertical wall 435 with a slot 38, two vertical end pieces 46, a top wall 48, and a depending flange from the top wall parallel with wall 436. Elements 436, 48 and 50 may be of one piece and may be supported by any attaching means extending through openings 49 in the top wall 48. These attaching means attach the container 438 to a portion of the upper part It of the'main' hamper. The inner container may be, attached in any other suitable fashion. The floor 52 and Wall 54 of the inner container may be of a single piece and may be attached to the remainder .of the inner container, as by dropping the former over headed screws which are on flange 50. If desired, element 52, 54 may be sprung slightly out of shape (see Fig. 5) so that it fits snugly against the remainder of the inner container.

If desired, as shown in Fig. 7, the element 152'|54 may fit against the side walls of the hamper without there being elements 46 present, 1

the side walls of the hamper in that case acting in part as the side walls of the inner container. In that case, also, there need be no element 436 as the slot 38 may be entirely in the hamper wall.

If the element l52l54 is supported directly from the upper part N3 of the main hamper, the inner container elements 48 and 50 may be dispensed with. In this last case, the inner container is formed of the element l5,2l'54 and portions of the main hamper. That element may have holes therein for fitting over the rotatable screw heads 755 which are attached to the upper part l8 of the main hamper. The element 152 I54 may have irregularities in its periphery so that it may fit against and. around any parts of the hamper construction.

In Fig. 8 the inner container 830 is shown as suspended by a hook 55 over another hook 5B which is on the underside of a portion of the upper part of the hamper. There is an aperture in the inner container in registry with an aperture 62 in a hamper wall. The inner container 8363 may have a hinged cover 64 which provides the aperture Bil.

The device operates as follows. If the container 35 is permanently in .the hamper, a stack of objects may be inserted by lifting the door 3.6. Or, if the container is removable, the stack may be put into the container, if desired, before the latter is inserted into the hamper. The stack itself may be in a temporary carton (not shown) which has a slot in it in registry with slot 38. In any event, the objects may be successively withdrawn from a position within the container in the hamper out through the slot 38 without disturbing the door 35. The latter is only used when it-is desired to insert a new supply of tissues or the like in the inner container.

With a device of the type shown in Figs. 4 and '7, the stack of objects may be positioned on fioor 52 of element 52-54 and then the latter may be inserted through the main hamper opening and attached to flange 50. Single tissues may then be successively withdrawn through aperture 38. Similarly, container 830 may be filled-and then inserted into the hamper and suspended by hook 56. Thereafter, single tissues 64 may be withdrawn through apertures 60 and 62.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described,

and all statements of the scope of the invention as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1..In. combination, a clothes hamper, a container within said hamper, means providing an opening in a wall of said hamper, means providing an opening in a wall of said container and in registry with said opening in said hamper,

closure means for said opening in said container, and means providing an opening in said closure means and means providing an opening into said hamper separate from the first mentioned openings.

2. In combination, a clothes hamper, a container within said hamper, means providing an opening in a side wall of said hamper, means providing an opening in a side wall of said container and in registry with said opening in said hamper, closure means for said opening in said container, and means providing an opening in said closure means, said closure means being hinged to said container.

3. In combination, a clothes hamper, a container within, said hamper, means providing an opening in a side Wall of said hamper, means providing an opening in a side wall of said container and in registry with said opening in said hamper, slidable closure means for said opening in said container, and means providing an opening in said closure means.

4. In combination, a clothes hamper, a container within said hamper, means providing an opening in a side wall of said hamper, means providing an opening in a side wall of said container and in registry with said opening in said hamper, closure means for said opening in said container, and means providing an opening in said closure means, said closure means being slidable, through a wall of said hamper.

5. In combination, a clothes hamper, a container within said hamper, means providing an opening in a side wall of said hamper, means providing an opening in, a side wall of said container and in registry with said opening in said hamper, closure means for said opening in said container, and means providing an opening in said closure means, said closure means being slidable past a wall of said hamper. 1

6. In combination, a clothes hamper, a container within said hamper, means providing an opening in a side wall of said hamper, means providing an opening in a side wallof said container and in registry with said opening in said hamper, closure means for said opening in said container, and means providing an opening in said closure means, the only entrancew-ay into said container being through said openings.

7. In combination, a clothes hamper, means for supporting an object, and means'for detachably attaching said supporting means tosaid hamper so that said supporting means are positioned within said hamper when said supporting means are attached to said hamper, a wall of said hamper extending along one side of the space over said supporting means and means providing an opening through said wall leading to said space.

8. In combination, a clothes hamper, means for supporting an object, and means for detachably attaching said supporting means to said hamper so that said supporting means are positioned within said hamper when said supporting means are attached to said hamper, said supporting means being in general L-shaped, a Wall of said hamper extending along one side of the space over said supporting means and means providing an opening through said wall leading to said space.

9. In combination, a clothes hamper, means for supporting an object, and means for detachably attaching said supporting means to said hamper so that said supporting means are positioned within said hamper when said supporting means are attached to said hamper, said supporting means being in general L-shaped and somewhat resilient and being attached at the top thereof and when so attached the bottom thereof is pressing against a side of said hamper.

10. In combination, a clothes hamper, means for supporting an object, and means for detachably attaching said supporting means to said hamper so that said supporting means are positioned within said hamper when said supporting means are attached to a wall of said hamper, said supporting means being in general L -shaped, the foot of said L-shaped supporting means having its free end against the said wall.

HAROLD GLEITSMAN. 

